WDE Oct. 2, 2009

Horse

Arched facade

Dog in the water

Fruit still life

Lizards in a daisy shadow
Sunflowers

My first animation

Yippee! I now know how to do animation, thanks to my Digital Image Manipulation class at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh - Online division. For the first three weeks of the class we worked on creating a caricature that would serve as a mascot for an imaginary store. We were given five different names to choose from, and I chose "Fantasia's Furniture Fairy." As one of two final assignments for the course we were asked to animate the creature. Click on image to see it move. A new browser window will open.

Wish You Were Here

This is an assignment from my Digital Image Manipulation class at Art Institute of Pittsburgh Online. The assignment was about working with layers and masks in Adobe Photoshop CS4.

Sept. 4, 2009 Weekly Drawing Event

Stretton on Dunsmore

Arbury Hall

Sit Awhile at Astley Book Farm

Sit Inside Awhile at Astley Book Farm

Sutton Cheney Wharf

References for these digital paintings come from the Sept. 4, 2009 Weekly Drawing Event (WDE) on WetCanvas.com

Sept. 11, 2009 Weekly Drawing Event

Totem Pole

Sunflowers

Rose Bowl

Cactus Flower

Pelican

Mushroom

Devonian Trail

Coleus

Digital paintings based on reference images from Sept. 11, 2009 Weekly Drawing Event on WetCanvas.com.

Landscape Paintings, July 31, 2009 WDE

These are my digital paintings from the July 31, 2009 Weekly Drawing Event (WDE) on WetCanvas.com. Reference photos provided by Canadian artist Mike Beckett of Calgary, Alberta. To see other entries for the July 31 WDE, visit All Media Drawing Events at WetCanvas.com. These are the landscape paintings I did.

Icefields Parkway

Jasper Park

Mountains from Okotoks

Animal Paintings, July 31, 2009 WDE

These are digital paintings from the July 31, 2009 Weekly Drawing Event (WDE) on WetCanvas.com. Reference photos provided by Canadian artist Mike Beckett of Calgary, Alberta. To see other entries for the July 31 WDE, visit All Media Drawing Events at WetCanvas.com. I'll start with the animals.

Sparrows

Simon, one of Mike's Himalayan cats

Elk

Goose in Flight

Pigeon Point Lighthouse II

Digital Oil Painting
Pigeon Point Light Station
State Historic Park
Pescadero, CA

Pigeon Point Lighthouse I

Digital Oil Painting
Pigeon Point Light Station
State Historic Park
Pescadero, CA

Hillside Wildflowers, Pigeon Point, CA

Digital Oil Painting
Pigeon Point Light Station
State Historic Park
Pescadero, CA

Liquid Amber Watercolor Sketch

Digital Watercolor Sketch
A common sight in autumn in this little valley south of South Lake Tahoe.
Hope Valley, CA

Flaming Bush Watercolor Sketch

Digital Watercolor Sketch
Hope Valley, CA

Looking to the Sky Painting and Pencil Sketch

Digital Watercolor Sketch

Digital Watercolor Sketch

Hope Valley, CA

Forest Still Life

Digital Oil Painting
Hope Valley, CA

Visiting Sydney, Australia, and Colombia with artist SAndy

The Sydney, Australia, artist known as SAndy is the host of this week's Weekly Drawing Event on Wetcanvas.com.

My digital watercolor sketch above is of Manly Beach, a popular beach in Sydney, Australia. The artwork that follows is based on the reference material provided by SAndy and a couple of other sources, and continues below and on the next page of this blog.

For those of us saving money this summer and having a "stay-cation," SAndy is taking us on a virtual trip to Sydney, Australia and Colombia, South America.

Laguna De Tota, Colombia

This lagoon is the water reservoir for Colombia's capital city, Bogota.

Guatavita Lagoon, Colombia

According to legend this is the real El Dorado, where a native chief covered himself in gold dust and washed himself in the lagoon when he offered his prayers to the Gods. This was a way of hiding gold from Spanish conquerors.

Colombian Native Dress

Colombian Flower

SAndy doesn't know the name of this flower. A gold star goes to anyone who can identify it.

Ducks Close to Home

SAndy says these ducks are on Woronora River, very near to where she lives in Sydney, Australia.

Colombian Still Life

A purse, three lemons, and some colorful fabric in Colombia.

Koala

Corrales Boyaca Night Church

Sydney, Australia, artist SAndy says this is a church in a little town called Corrales Boyaca in Colombia. "In December the whole town is lighted up and looks like a minature live re-enactment of where Baby Jesus was born," she writes.

Bondi Storm

Bondi Beach, a popular beach in Sydney, Australia, on a stormy day

Balcony Serenade

Sydney, Australia, artist SAndy says this is a typical balcony in Cartagena, Colombia, used especially when the women where being serenaded by their lovers. It's also an architectural element brought to South American by Spanish invaders...uh, settlers.

Feeding 'Roo

A kangaroo gets a treat in Symbio Gardens in Sydney, Australia

WDE June 5, 2009 Oklahoma Artist Beth Parker

These digital paintings are all based on reference photos posted by Oklahoma artist Beth Parker (Signchick) on the Wetcanvas.com Weekend Drawing Event, June 5, 2009.

Baby Geese, Digital Oil Painting

Town of Checotah, Digital Watercolor Sketch

Town of Checotah Closeup, Digital Oil Painting, Modern Style

Eufola Cove Boat Ramp Area, Digital Oil Painting

Eufola Cove, Digital Oil Painting, Modern Style

Farmhouse Closeup, Digital Oil Painting, Modern Style

Industrial Abstract, Digital Oil Painting

Grain Elevator, Digital Watercolor Sketch

Horses at the YMCA, Digital Oil Painting

Old Barn, Digital Oil Painting, Modern Style

Old Barn Closeup

Old Barn, Digital Watercolor Sketch

Rose, Digital Black and White Oil Painting

Saddle, Digital Oil Painting

Stanley Hotel, Digital Watercolor Sketch

Vintage Cans, Digital Oil Painting